The Toyota Prius is finally getting an all-wheel-drive system. The question is if anyone will care enough to buy it.

Announced at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 28, the best-selling hybrid has had sales cut in half a since a peak in 2012, when gas prices were beginning to slide from record highs.

It’s not just relatively low gas prices conspiring against the Prius. The market has shifted to crossovers, including the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, which is already offered in all-wheel-drive.

But the all-wheel-drive Prius should still stand out where it matters most: fuel economy.

Toyota estimates the AWD Prius will get 50 mpg combined. The RAV4 Hybrid in AWD gets a measly 32 mpg combined by comparison, which is about the same as the Nissan Rogue Hybrid in AWD.

The tradeoff from the front-wheel drive Prius is negliglible by comparison; it gets 52 mpg combined. Toyota expects the AWD Prius to account for 25 percent of Prius sales when it hits dealerships sometime in 2019, though Toyota didn’t specify when or how much more it would cost.

Cargo volume will be the same as other Prius models at 62.7 cubic feet, according to Toyota. This is in large part due to the AWD-e layout of the system.

Instead of using a center differential, torque is sent to the rear wheels by an independent motor on the rear axle that powers the rear wheels from a stop up to six mph. This should boost traction getting out of snow. It also automatically supplements power up to 43 mph from the setup found in other Prius models, a 1.8-liter four-cylinder gas engine with two motors. The battery powering the rear-axle motor will also be housed under the rear seats.

Also for the 2019 Prius, Toyota has simplified the naming system but complicated the offerings. Prius ditches the numbers to indicate trim level, instead getting the same trims (L Eco, LE, XLE, Limited) offered on other cars.

Toyota also put the front-drive Prius powertrain in the first-ever 2020 Corolla Hybrid. Toyota also shared components of the Prius Prime Plug-in Hybrid in another partnership with Subaru, this time helping to produce Subaru’s first-ever plug-in hybrid with the AWD Crosstrek. The Crosstrek PHEV gets the equivalent of 90 mpg. Prius Prime PHEV gets the equivalent of 133 mpg.

Toyota Prius with AWD-e should be the safe budget hybird play, but with all this competition coming from electrified powertrains, which are more expensive, it will be difficult for the AWD Prius to gain much traction in picking up lost sales.